“using physicality at the line — and possibly after the whistle.”
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I’d actually like to see that, I love watching mankins attempt to kill people at random intervals for no reason.. I want to see what he does when he actually gets pissed off, can he get himself arrested during the game for clubbing a DLman with a cornerback? One way to find out, go at that ankle giants. PLEASE!!!

Patriots never allow injuries to be talked about this much. This is a smokescreen. Ankle is not nearly as bad as advertised
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Never allow?? Considering you have to report injuries and it’s the super bowl and it’s been 2 weeks since the last game, they don’t have much choice!!!!

It will be interesting to see how directly the Giants target the ankle. I doubt it and 130mm people are watching. Obviously they will jam him at the line as they will all other Pats. If they obviously target the injured area, I think that will set off some emotions, which might favor the Pats

I am shocked! Belicheat is at it again…He told Gronk to fake the injury, used Gronk’s dad to “spread the word” to the press…

One thing I know for sure…Bernard Pollard’s a dirty player…I watched the replay of that tackle…He pushes his knee in back of the TE’s back right knee, brings him down, and rolls him up and over…Dirty play by a dirty player…He should have been tossed!

In a move no one sees belichick holds Gronk out til the 2nd half and uses 3 wide out and big packages with solder as te to run law firm and woodhead. Michaels and collinsworth lament Gronk’s unavailbility until he comes out in the 3rd quarter pumped full of toradol. Pats run hurry up in 2nd half. Everyone likes to say belichick is antiestablishment; this would fly in everyone’s face in terms of strategy. Helps eliminate the stiff ankle Gronk would have in the 2nd half everyone is lamenting plus soften up the gmen’s line in 1st half

Gronk’s ankle injury will not affect his height of 6′ 6″. If the ankle does tighten up at halftime then you use him vertically. Send him out wide so a shorter DB is covering him, have him run to the sticks and throw high. The beauty of Gronk is you don’t need his speed and an open field to use him effectively.

Since the Patriots never talk about injuries yet have with Gronk and since his agent Rosenhaus has said if this weren’t the Super Bowl he wouldn’t be playing (creating the Superman image) you can go ahead and assume Gronk’s injury is no where close to the severity the media (with the help of Rosenhaus and the Pats) has made it out to be.
Not all high ankle sprains are the same. Some are stable and some unstable.